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![]() Daryll Cullinan Daryll John CullinanBorn: 4 March 1967, Kimberley, Cape ProvinceMajor Teams: Border, Transvaal, Western Province, Gauteng, Derbyshire, Kent, South Africa. Known As: Daryll Cullinan Batting Style: Right Hand Bat Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break Test Debut: South Africa v India at Cape Town, 4th Test, 1992/93 Latest Test: South Africa v West Indies at Jamaica, 5th Test, 2000/01 ODI Debut: South Africa v Pakistan at Durban, Total International Series, 1992/93 Latest ODI: South Africa v New Zealand at Cape Town, 6th ODI, 2000/01 First-class debut: Border v SAU at East London, 1983/84 Border 1983/84-1984/85 and 1994/95-1995/96 Western Province 1985/86-1990/91 Transvaal 1991/92-1993/94 Derbyshire 1995 Brother of RE Cullinan (Bdr/OFSB 1984-1990) Education: Queens College, Stell Univ Junior Representative Cricket: Bdr Nuff 1981-84, SA Schools 1983-83(E)-84(C) Career Statistics:TESTS (including 19/04/2001) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 70 115 12 4554 275* 44.21 48.93 14 20 67 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 20 3 71 2 35.50 1-10 0 0 60.0 3.55 ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS (including 04/11/2000) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 138 133 16 3860 124 32.99 70.28 3 23 62 0 O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 29 0 124 5 24.80 2-30 0 0 34.8 4.27 FIRST-CLASS (1983/84 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 227 387 53 14732 337* 44.10 39 70 217 0 O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 109.2 351 7 50.14 2-27 0 0 93.7 3.21 LIST A LIMITED OVERS (1984/85 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 307 297 41 8337 127* 32.56 9 47 145 0 O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 55 280 7 40.00 2-30 0 0 47.1 5.09 - Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS. StatsGuru Filters for Daryll CullinanStatistics involving Daryll CullinanArticles about Daryll Cullinan
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Profile:Less of an enigma than is sometimes claimed, Daryll Cullinan has been the centrepiece of South Africa's batting since the early to mid 1990s. He has come off second best in his duels with Shane Warne, but although much has been made of the animosity between the two, a more sober assessment of Cullinan suggests that his failures on two Australian tours were largely the result of an almost desperate desire to prove himself against a cricketing nation he holds in high regard. In other words, Cullinan tried just too hard to succeed against Australia. Against all other attacks in all kinds of conditions he has scored runs, as demonstrated by his century in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle this year when his hundred came against the world's best offspinner operating on a turning track. In 1994, when South Africa were decimated by Devon Malcolm (nine for 57) and bowled out for 175, Cullinan made a graceful 94 and was the only South African not to lose his wicket to Malcolm. Equally adept against pace or spin, Cullinan has the priceless gift of timing. He makes even a forward defensive prod look stylish. He took some time, it is true, to shake off a reputation earned as a schoolboy as the "new Graeme Pollock", a label tagged on him when he broke Pollock's record as South Africa's youngest first-class centurion. During the 1990s, however, Cullinan set the South African mark for the highest first-class score (337 not out against Northern Transvaal in 1993) and at Eden Park in 1999 he edged past Pollock's highest Test score of 274 by one run to claim the new South African record. Currently he shares the record with Gary Kirsten who equalled 275 against England in Durban last summer. He has also scored more Test centuries that any other South African, although he and Kirsten have gone neck and neck at this particular mark for the past couple of years. At the time of writing, Cullinan had 11 hundreds to Kirsten's 10. More importantly, Cullinan has accepted the role of senior batsman, and it is surely no coincidence that when he scored first innings hundreds in the first and fourth Tests against England last summer, South Africa went on to win both matches. Cullinan, now a father, tried to opt out of one-day cricket at the end of the last South African season, but the United Cricket Board, understandably, put pressure on him to sign a new two-year contract. A fine rugby union flyhalf as a schoolboy, Cullinan is also an excellent slip fielder. (Peter Robinson July 2000)
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